Railroad-station indicator



T. DAVIDENIA.

RAILROAD STATION INDICATOR.

- APPLICATION FILED JULY I4, 1920.

PatentedAug. 9, 1921.

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RAILROAD STATION INDICATOR.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1-920. 1,386,606.

Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

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Application filed July 14,

To'aZZ whom it may concern Be it'known thatI, TERENTIE DAVIDENIA', acitizen of Russia, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailroad-Station Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in station indicators, and it isthe principal object of the inventionto provide a mechanically operateddevice of this kind by means of which each succeeding station en routeis indicated in the individual cars of a train simultaneously.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich can be conveniently attached to any type of cars at present in useand which is of an extremely simple and therefore inexpensiveconstruction.

An exemplification of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming a material part of this application, and in which-Figure 1 shows in side View two coupled cars provided with the deviceconstructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view in section of an end wall of a car equipped withthe device, according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the indicator casing.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the casing in section.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the actuating mechanism of the device partlyin section attached to the end wall of a car.

Spaced from the end wall 10 of each car 11 and 12, coupled together asat 13, within the vestibules 14 and 15 of these cars, a partition 16 isprovided having in its lower part an opening 17 for the passage of ahandle 18 adapted to be manually operated by one of the attendants aswill be hereafter more fully described.

In the upper part of the space formed by the car wall 10 and thepartition wall 16, three shafts 19, 20 and 21 are journaled in thesewalls, each carrying a sprocket wheel 22, 23 and 24 respectively. Achain 25 is guided over the wheels 22 and 24, and the shafts of thewheels 22 and 24 are extended through the wall 10 of the car into acasing 27 and carry therein bevel gears 28. The casing is secured to theinner car wall by brackets 29, and the bevel gears 28 are Specificationof Letters Patent. patentgd Aug; 9 1921 1920. Serial No. 396,151.

in mesh with bevel gears 30 nearthe upper tion names is wound, so thatwhen rotated in one direction, the band will be unwound from one of thedrums and wound upon the other and vice versa, when rotated in theopposite direction. The band at the front of the casing 27 is guidedbetween guide plates 34 to pass a glass plate before an opening 35 ofthe front wall of the casing. Over the sprocket wheel'23' a chain 36 isguided which is also guided at its lower end over a sprocket wheel 37 ona shaft 38 journaled in a bracket 39 secured to the bottom 40 of thecar. The handle 18 passed through the opening 17 is secured to asprocket wheel 41 secured on a shaft 42 journaled in the front wall 10of the car and the partition wall 16. The shaft 38 is suspendedlongitudinally under the bottom of each car in suitable hangers 43 andat each of its ends, at the end of each car, the shaft is flattened asat 44 and provided with holes 45 for the reception of coupling bolts 46by means of which the shafts of two adjoining cars may be coupled, sothat the operation of the indicator on one of the cars by the operationof the handle 17 will operate also the indicators on all the other carsof a train.

From the foregoing description the operation of the device will beeasily understood without further explanation, and it will be clear thatchanges may be made in the arrangement of the parts and the constructionof the minor details without deviating from the scope and spirit of thepresent invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. Mechanicaloperating means for the street or station indicators on each car of atrain of cars comprising a partition wall in spaced relation to the endwall of a car, and provided with an opening, horizontal shafts journaledin the end wall and the partition wall of the car, sprocket wheels ontwo of said shafts, a chain guided over said sprocket wheels, a sprocketwheel on the third and central of said shafts, a sprocket wheel on ashaft journaled in. a bracket at the car bottom, a chain guided over thelast named two sprocket wheels, means for operating said sprocket wheelsand chains, and

means for coupling the shafts at the bottom of each car with the shaftat thebottom of the next succeeding car.

2. Mechanical means for operating. the street or station indicatorsoneach car of a trainof cars simultaneously from one of the carscomprising a partition vxrall in spaced relation to the end wall, ofacar, prothe partition and .the car wall near the upper ends thereof,sprocket wheels on the sprocket wheels, a sprocket wheel secured to ashaft :journaled in a-bracket'on the car 1 I bottom, a chain guided overthe lastnamed wheels, a handle on'said last named sprocket Wheel passedthrough the opening in said partition wall, the shaft journaled in thebrackets at the car bottom extended longi-' tudinally across the bottomof each car and hav-ing' flattened and perforated ends, and Y couplingpinspassed through the openings of two adjoining shaftsfforfloperatingthe shafts and indicators on eachofthe cars of a tram of cars from oneof'these cars. outer two shafts, a chain guided over sald In testimonywhereof -I.,haveaffiXed my signature. 6

TERE TIE ,DAVIDENVVIAQ.

